Tuesday, 20 May 2008

Oliver's Fifth Birthday

Oliver turned 5 this last week and it couldn't come a day too soon for him. He was so excited and has been counting the days until his birthday for about the last six months!

He had a birthday party at a nearby playgym with all of his classmates and some other school friends and neighbours. They had a fantastic time playing traditional party games such as pass the parcel, musical bumps and musical chairs as well as the more modern hour running around the playgym till their clothes were stuck to their skin with sweat.

Oliver was very lucky to get lots of lovely gifts from his friends and he is now in possession of some serious electrical gadgets and lego which hopefully will see him through for quite a while yet.

On his birthday he woke us all up at 6.30am so we could watch him open his presents, which he did with his usual gusto. He got a new bike for his birthday from us but it had to be exchanged that day as no sooner did we get it home than we realised it wasn't quite big enough. Oliver didn't seem to mind and managed to pick for himself the only BMX in the world with a large shopping basket attached. Leigh is mortified but Oliver can't see the problem as it is just the right size for Optimus Prime to travel up front with a good view!

I'm experimenting with new ways of loading my photos as the Blogger system takes soooo long I lose the will to live when doing these posts (one of the main reasons they are sporadic really!). So, I'm test driving "SmileBox" this time after realising that the Picasa one I used below for Aimee's Communion had used up all my "Free" memory on that site and they wanted up to $500US for a year - sod off!!!! So, I'm going with the Free sites and seeing how I get along. Tell me if it works/doesn't work/is annoying so I work out what is best.

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Life in Singapore

I've started this Blog so I can share our experiences in Asia with our friends and family in the UK.
Since moving to Singapore in July 2006 life has been hectic but fun and I hope this Blog will serve as a Diary of our time here which we can look back on when we return to England.
I'll be posting photographs and video clips with notes on what we have been up to, please feel free to leave your comments.

About Me

I'm a thirty something former Lawyer who spends her life cleaning, shopping & cooking for her 3 children, 1 husband and a crazy small dog in the beautiful English countryside. I love my family, frothy coffee, good food, bad tv and gossip but not always in that order!